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Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin Weather

Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Mount Pleasant weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Mount Pleasant, WI
Saturday, July 4 at 9:53 PM
68
°
Overcast
Feels like
69°
Humidity
85%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
12:19 AM
Sunset
3:32 PM
Mount Pleasant, WI
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastMount Pleasant, WI: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 63 to 77 degrees Fahrenheit with a 23% chance of precipitation at 8 AM.
L 63°H 77°
Mount Pleasant, WI
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Rain
    54%
    0.15″
    79°64°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Foggy
    23%
    77°63°-2°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    75°62°-2°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    82°61°+7°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Thunderstorm
    27%
    0.18″
    83°64°+1°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Showers
    49%
    0.01″
    71°62°-12°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Partly Cloudy
    23%
    76°60°+5°
Mount Pleasant, WI
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNE
021° · veering 173°
Direction
NNE
021°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
17
mph
Peak 24h
17
avg 6
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 6 · pk 17 @ 7:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2314SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 173° from the nne.
Mount Pleasant, WI
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
989.7
-0.7 mb in 3h · falling · 29.23 inHg
Now
989.7
mb
3h
-0.7
mb
12h
-0.6
mb
24h
-0.3
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 989991
9859909951000STORM|RAIN-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW991.4989.3989.7
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Mount Pleasant, WI
Air quality
45
AQI
Good
+9 in 6h

AQI 45 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI up 9 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). PM2.5 at 7.1 µg/m³, PM10 at 7.3 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
7.1μg/m³
PM 10Good
7μg/m³
NO₂Good
6μg/m³
OzoneModerate
82μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.3

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 39. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~85%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 39
UV peak
0.2 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 5

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 7.1 µg/m³, PM10 at 7.3 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.97
Wind
light
Recent rain
1h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Mount Pleasant, WI
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
98%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
30.0mi
UNLIMITED
40 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
02:53 UTC · Mount Pleasant, WI · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
02:53 UTC · Mount Pleasant, WI · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Mount Pleasant, WI
Satellite · infrared · animated
Mount Pleasant, WI
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Mount Pleasant, WI
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
4:45 AM
Sunrise
12:19 AM
Daylight
15h 13m
Sunset
3:32 PM
Civil dusk
9:08 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Mount Pleasant, WI
The moon
Waning Gibbous
77% illuminated
Moonrise
11:11 PM
Moonset
11:03 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Mount Pleasant, WI
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

fish
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Mount Pleasant at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 68°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: May 2 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Mount Pleasant

SPC includes Mount Pleasant in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3NONENo severe risk

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Mount Pleasant

  • 53405
  • 53406
  • 53403
  • 53177

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.